Bank of Scotland Plc

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-5424877 Not upheld

Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

—no sum stated

Mon Jul 07deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Irresponsible lending, Charges and fees

In the Ombudsman’s words

Mr B’s complaint is a complaint alleging that the lending relationship between himself and Halifax was unfair to him.Irresponsible lending

Mr B has complained about the overdraft charges Bank of Scotland plc (trading as “Halifax”) applied to his account.Charges and fees

Rules cited

FCA CONC (Consumer Credit sourcebook), Consumer Credit Act 1974

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-5424877.pdf on financial-ombudsman.org.uk.

The outcome shown is the Ombudsman’s own published classification, not our reading of the text. Nothing here is legal advice, and a decision concerns only the complaint it was made about.